Chapter 15 Don't be idle in winter

Looking at Tai Shici kneeling in front of him, Lv Meng and Jiang Qin, Sun Quan was speechless for a long time. Especially Jiang Qin, he almost put his face against the ground. This posture of asking for sin is called a "standard".

For a long time, Sun Quan said astringently, "Zhao Feng is too cunning in this battle, and at the same time, it is caused by the lack of strength of our army. If you have tried your best, you don't have to blame yourself. Get up!"

Tai Shici and others were immediately grateful when they heard the words, and quickly got up and stood aside and stood by. At this moment, Zhang Zhao suddenly came forward and asked, "When the three evacuated, did you inform General He Qi of Hulin?"

"This?" Only then did Tai Shici and the other three of them think of He Qi, and their faces suddenly changed greatly. As soon as Sun Quan saw them, he knew that He Qi could not count on them. He quickly ordered people to go to Hulin to inform He Qi to evacuate.

"Your lord, General He Qi is proficient in military tactics and will be withdrawn to Wancheng in time." Zhang Zhao said as much as he can. Sun Quan also forced a smile when he heard the words, but his expression was very distorted. However, on the second day, bad news came back one after another.

"Jia Hua died in the battle, He Qi was captured, and the whole county of Lujiang was lost." These three news made Sun Quan unable to calm down for a while, and his heart was blocked. Send someone to tell Gong Jin that everything is up to him!" Sun Quan waved his hand weakly. After a pause, he ordered Sun Yi and Gu Yong of Danyang to guard the city carefully and not to act rashly for the time being. At present, there are nearly 100,000 people in the Xuzhou army crossing the river, and the Danyang garrison is only 30,000, of which 10,000 are still county soldiers. No matter how angry Sun Quan is, he will not expect his brother to recover Lujiang with such a few people.

"What?" Zhou Yu was also surprised to hear the news in the Jiangdong Water Army Camp in Yuzhang County on the west bank of Jiangxi. Unexpectedly, He Gongmiao, Jiang Gongyi and Taishi Ziyi failed to defend the north bank. It seems that Zhao Feng really has a good hand in using troops!" Zhou Yu muttered and couldn't help recalling the young general who bargained with him under Shouchun City.

"Governor, what should I do now?" Zhou Tai, who was beside him, asked quickly. All of a sudden, a county was lost, and everyone knew that this was a real loss. At this time, the whole army should have fought again and recaptured the lost land, but now the Jingxiang Marine Division is also staring at the opposite side. How can he get rid of it?

"In return to the lord, let Jiang Gongyi lead the army to guard Chai Sang, and General Taishi is stationed in Poyang. As long as he defends these two strong cities, plus General Shubi of Danyang, Zhao Feng's army will be clamped in Lujiang. It's already winter now, and the Xuzhou army can't march. We still try our best to break through the Jingxiang navy on the opposite side as soon as possible and then return to fight against the Xuzhou army. After thinking about it, Zhou Yu quickly drew up a countermeasure.

"It's so good!" Cheng Pu, the deputy governor beside him, nodded and agreed when he heard the words. Since his defeat in Xuzhou Shuishi, Cheng Pu's original arrogance has been greatly reduced. Recently, I saw that Zhou Yu was properly allocated, and there was no choice but to beat 50,000 Jingxiang sailors with more than 20,000 Jiangdong sailors. Cheng Pu also secretly admired him and no longer set up his old qualifications in front of Zhou Yu. When Zhou Yu sent someone to repay Sun Quan, he was thinking about how to crack the opposite Jingxiang sailor.

In the middle of winter, the road was not smooth, and the Xuzhou army had no choice but to continue to march by land. But on this big river, as long as the surface of the river has not been completely frozen, it can fight. As Zhou Yu expected, Zhao Feng did not continue to march after occupying the whole territory of Lujiang County, but he was not idle this winter.

After the pacify of several counties in Nanlujiang, Zhao Feng took advantage of this winter to consolidate this newly built base. After all, Lujiang is the connection point between his people and Xuzhou. In case Zhou Yu breaks the back road, his man and horse will become completely alone. Therefore, this bridgehead must be properly taken care of.

First of all, we will transfer troops. From Sun Fu, Zhao Feng learned that Jiangdong's military system was very different from other places. Because each family has its own private soldiers, with a small number of hundreds and thousands of people, Sun Quan not only relies on them politically and economically, but also on the military, these most basic big-headed soldiers also need to be provided by them. At present, the population of the whole Jiangdong + Jiaozhou is claimed to be nearly 2 million, but Sun Fu estimates that the tenants and private soldiers of those families who are not included in the total population should exceed 2 million. In terms of the army, Sun Quan's front-line combat troops + county soldiers should be about 200,000. Among them, about 120,000 front-line combat troops are Sun Quan's direct line. The remaining 80,000 county soldiers are mainly composed of private soldiers of major families. Their combat effectiveness is uneven, but their generals are generally from major families. Driven by the power to defend their hometown, these people often have a tenacious will to fight. As for the distribution of troops, Jiaozhou has just been settled, so Sun Quan specially placed 60,000 troops there in order to stabilize the situation. Among them, 20,000 front-line combat troops and 40,000 are new troops recruited from the local area, which are taken care of by their uncles Sun Jing and Zhuge Jin.

"What is Jiangdong Shuishi?" Zhao Feng thought for a thought and asked again. If this front-line combat force does not include the Jiangdong Marine Division, then Sun Quan's land and water troops that can fight well in Jiangdong add up to a total of 130,000.

"Jiangdong navy is regarded as the lord, ah no, the army directly under Sun Quan." Sun Fu was still used to calling Sun Quan the lord. Although he soon changed his words, he was already panicked. Zhao Feng waved his hand to show that it didn't matter, and he calculated it carefully now.

The 130,000 front-line fighters in Jiangdong were really killed by themselves. There were more than 10,000 people in Cheng Pu and He Qi before, and the remaining less than 120,000, except for 50,000 people led by Zhou Yu, who fought against Jingxiang in Ganjiang. The remaining 60,000 to 70,000 are mainly to cooperate with the county soldiers in various places, stationed in Danyang, Wu and Huiji counties.

"That's right, General Zhao, when I was stationed in the North Lujiang River before, most of the 10,000 county soldiers, most of whom were private soldiers of Xu Gong, the former governor of Wu County, and their old troops, were transferred by Sun Quan to garrison Lujiang River." Sun Fu suddenly remembered something and added another sentence.

"So that's it!" Zhao Feng also suddenly knew when he heard the words that there were tens of thousands of people under Xu Gong, and he was also the former governor of Wu County. No wonder the Sun family was so worried about him that he sent his people to accompany Sun Fu to death. On second thought, 80% of Xu Gong really rebelled because of this. After all, his military power was completely empty. No wonder his attitude changed so resolutely a while ago.

"I know everything about this. It's winter now. If we can't use troops, we'd better consolidate Lujiang first!" Zhao Feng thought for a moment and decided to redeploy the troops first. How can nearly 100,000 people be stationed in Anhui City? At present, Zhang Liao and Li Tong were ordered to lead 20,000 troops to station in Ruxukou, which was the place where Sun Quan defeated Cao Qian twice in history, and let them build a dock there for the time being for the winter. They could not only echo each other's own army in Wancheng, but also threaten Wu County and Danyang, and take into account Niuzhu and Sanshan Town at the same time. Zhang Liao and Li Tong also set out immediately when they heard the news, and went to Ruxukou to dig earth and burn bricks to build a dock.

For the rest of the people, Zhao Feng himself led his army to be stationed in Wancheng, and Xu Sheng led 10,000 troops to be stationed in Hulin Shuizhai to prevent the Jiangdong water army from sneaking from the waterway. Although Hulin Shuizhai has been set up quite cleverly, Zhao Feng still feels that it is a little short. There is no reason. This water village is to guard against the outside and the inside. Specifically, it can be calmly resisted by the attack on the river, but it is a little difficult to resist the threat from the land behind it. Because of this, when He Qi was raided behind him, he simply ran away without even guarding his legs. Now if he occupied this place, Zhao Feng didn't want to be like this one day, so he ordered to strengthen the defense behind Hulin Shuizhai.

"General, it costs a lot of money to build a city. I'm afraid it can't be completed in a winter!" Lu Hao, who had just arrived at Lujiang on this day, learned that Zhao Feng was preparing to build a city, and some of them disagreed with him.

"I'm not building a city, I'm just building a few docks to strengthen defense capabilities." Zhao Feng said with a smile. There is still a difference between the so-called city and the dock. The city is not only used to prevent aggression militarily, but also to provide a place to live for urban residents. And this dock is basically a fortress specially used for defense. Basically, only the army is stationed, but there are no residents. Of course, the size varies. If you want to say the big one, it belongs to Dong Pangzi's Yiwu, which is simply a replica of Chang'an City. If it's small, I have built a lot here, which is almost the same as the little devil's turret. According to Lu Hao, Cao Jian also ordered Xia Houyuan to build a lot in Guandu. Of course, those are all piled up with loess.

There is no reason for building these docks: after all, the defense effect of this thing is much better than that of wooden fences and felt tents. Since Zhao Feng and Lu Hao developed an unearthed method to burn cement, Liu Bei has almost doubled the walls of Xuzhou and Yuzhou. The fire-burning bricks are made of cement, which is stronger than the original wall directly piled up by large bricks. In view of this, Zhao Feng specially suggested that Liu Bei should be specially equipped with a craftsman in the army. He said that regardless of the war, he should only build tools and build a city. This time, he went on an expedition to Jiangdong, and there were nearly a thousand craftsmen with the army. The last time Wei Yan built a raft by a craftsman with the army, and now he doesn't work hard to build a city.

"Yes, Lu Hao, what's going on with what you did?" Zhao Feng came to his senses and quickly asked about what he said, which was a top priority.

"General, Lu Hao already knows how to build a Thunderbolt car. When I build one first, how about the general's plan after watching it?" Lu Hao is also quite confident.

"Well, how many days do you need to build one?" Zhao Feng asked.

"I build it by myself, more than five days, less than three days." Lu Hao thought for a thought and answered.

"It's not too late to do that. Hurry up and build it. After building it, I will wait to improve it and build more. Now it's the middle of winter, and it will be fully equipped in the morning, so that it can be used for the war at the beginning of spring. Zhao Feng did not hide it in front of him, but directly said what he thought.

"That's the way it should be!" Lu Hao nodded when he heard the words, and then left to go out to build a Thunderbolt car. At the same time, after a few months of staring at each other, Cao Qian and Yuan Shao, who were confronted in Guandu, they had to suspend the confrontation and curled up back to the camp for the winter.

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